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RideWithStyles

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  1. braking systems are very simple in there basic form.. the other thing is is the brake system abs... if so check the fuses, relays and the abs pumps are a git to bleed.
  2. yep i personally think kelis are a bit more durable myself...
  3. get a different mechanic to look at it might be best. not working as in?? lever moves freely when applied and released with "little or no artificial resistance? or is there resistance in a direction? but no pressure is going to the callipers or not the pads? Look at the master cylinder, is the piston seal good. has the rubber cap/seal on the master cylinder been sucked down? it should be flat every time...
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  6. I gladly don't have, nor a reason to visit london again. nothing particular to point out but just everything doesn't draw me to spend any time, money or patience in that area of UK. so what does that say about the people that live/work there willingly or not willing?
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  8. Ahhhh the good old Haynes manual book for reference MB. so your forks were working on the jelly for damping and not the fluid, the jelly was holding what fluid as already in (like grease) ready to turn it more so. after that they will be working well but will they be very soft, wonder...
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  10. i was thinking the same! amazingly that seat seems even worst than a Svartpilen! only for the rich hoodie louts/thiefing scumbags of the future...
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  13. sorry going by the assumption it was the right paint . looks way better than what it started off as. anyway red colours are very unstable, light fade (uv) and burst with heat more so than anyother colour. so when you have to blend or make a colour it goes by age of degradation of the paint and go off that rather than what it was to start with unless you rather paint everything else that needs to be that colour the same while your there? pearl and metallic to some people are the same but they aint and don't behave the same in the visual or physical form. yes so the idea is that there is a clear high gloss floating layer above.
  14. yes correct with the aspect of that the users uses the helmet very regularly, in all weather types with minimal cleaning and maintenance, oh and no harsh chemicals used and not small dropies etc. if its very minimal wearing with light use (stored correctly in winter etc) then theoretically you can put that abit further....
  15. so are both the pics, top one is the colour you want and the bottom is the one your at now? if it was just the particle size you could high speed mix it to break up the pearl to simulate a smaller size but i suspect other aspects are throwing you off. more like because the base coat is visually looking darker, the pearl has a better contrast so it looks like their bigger as you can see them easier, just a thought. also your undercoat colour matters, if your just going down the fewest coats of paint possible! which what you have there is quite grey/blue almost a purple hue from the picture earlier on from the primer so with that you either apply loads of top coats which will be very thick,costly and probably still abit off colour or you should apply a few good solid white under coats first to lift the colour to help the top coat out. thats what you need to do, but now you have a choice, keep the path and apply a lighter and brighter colour to off set the darker red (which to be honest is digging further down the hole) then you might have to do all the other panels and tank the same way so at least they match or you apply loads of white coats and try the red again with the under layer lighter...might not be perfect but a damn sight better... upto you. also to note the pearl colour and type (if its a organic or synthetic, plated or coated) will make a massive difference.
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